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#856aae color: Fairy Wren

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264°
100%

OKLCH

57.8%
0.106
301°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • slate-500
  • Black 32%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text4.50:1 · Below AALc -77
Black text4.67:1 · AALc 33

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About #856aae

#856aae is a soft purple color. In OKLCH it has 57.8% lightness, 0.106 chroma and a hue of 301°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.5:1 contrast and black text 4.67:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Fairy Wren (#8a6fa9). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-500.

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Lighter: #856aae mixed with white

  1. 856aae
  2. 9078b6
  3. 9c87bf
  4. a895c7
  5. b4a4cf
  6. c0b3d7
  7. ccc2df
  8. d9d1e7
  9. e5e0ef
  10. f2eff7

Darker: #856aae mixed with black

  1. 856aae
  2. 735b97
  3. 614d80
  4. 503f6a
  5. 403155
  6. 302441
  7. 21182e
  8. 130d1c
  9. 06040b
  10. 010001

Calmer: #856aae with less saturation

  1. 856aae
  2. 846ca9
  3. 836ea4
  4. 81709f
  5. 80719a
  6. 7f7394
  7. 7e748f
  8. 7d768a
  9. 7c7785
  10. 7b787f